About The Role
Do you enjoy a challenge? Do you want to make a difference? Would you like to work within a friendly and inclusive team? We have an exciting opportunity working within both new and existing projects, creating bespoke, safe and cost-effective engineering solutions for our clients within the energy sector.
If you are passionate about Engineering, have some energy industry experience, or have transferable skills, then we would love to hear from you.
Key Duties:
* Lead the development and verification of vessel or offshore structure designs, including hull form, hydrostatics, stability, structural strength, and hydrodynamic performance.
* Perform global and local strength analyses, fatigue and ultimate limit state assessments, and support detailed design activities using relevant software and industry codes.
* Ensure designs comply with applicable class, flag state, and international regulations (e.g., IMO, ISO, API, DNV, ABS, LR).
* Identify the scope of work required
* Input to project plans and schedules.
* Identify areas of concern during any project or study.
* Produce cost-effective engineering solutions that are fit for purpose, safe and add value to address operational and maintenance issues in the design and liaise with colleagues for the best solution
About You
Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, or a related discipline.
* Ideally Chartered Engineer, or actively working towards chartership
Experience / competence:
* Strong understanding of hydrodynamics, structures, stability, and marine systems integration.
* Experience in Structural Analysis techniques - beam modelling
* Proficient with design and analysis tools (e.g., Rhino, GHS, Orca3D, ABAQUS, ANSYS, NAPA, or similar).
* High levels of proficiency in SESAM analysis packages - hydroD, Wadam, Submod, etc.
* High levels of proficiency in structural hull plate modelling using GeniE
About Us
We are all about practical delivery. Our expert engineering solutions are always tailored, pragmatic, credible and fit for purpose. That is the Optimus way.
Optimus is an integrated, multi-discipline engineering design, project delivery and consultancy organisation. Founded in 1999, the business began as a consultancy with a headcount of just four. In the intervening years, Optimus has grown into a highly respected international engineering consultancy with almost 100 employees working for clients worldwide.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value inclusion and diversity. We welcome applications from all persons regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.